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TWO HORSE HAY'RAKE.

No 337,111. Patented Mar; 2,1886.

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ALEXANDER ANDERSON AND ROBERT RUTHERFORD, OF BRUSH GREEK, IOWA.

TWOQHORSE HAY-RAKE.

EEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,111., dated March 2, 1886.

Application filed December 12, 1884. Serial No. 150,182.

To (til whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER AN- DERSON and ROBERT RUTHERFORD, both of Brush Creek, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Two-Horse Hay-Rakes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of one of our improved hay-rakes, taken through the line 00 m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the upper part of the truck, the tongue being shown in section.

The object of this invention is to provide two-horse hay-rakes constructed in such a manner that the horses necks will be entirely re lieved from supporting any part of the weight of the rake.

The invention consists in a two-horse hayrake constructed with a truck connected with the reach-frame of the rake by hooks on the reach-frame engaging an annular plate, and a king-bolt forming a fifth-whee], and provided with a hinged tongue, whereby all weight from the rake will be taken from the horses necks.

The invention further consists in the combination, with the truck-frame and thereachframe connected with the rake, of a bail provided with a standard and a spring lever pawl and a catch-plate, whereby the connection between the truck and rake can be made rigid, as will be hereinafter fully described,

and then claimed.

A are the wheels, B is the axle, and G are the teeth of a two-horse hay-rake. To the axle B are hinged the ends of two short bars, D, which are connected by two cross bars, E. To the centers of the cross-bars E is attached the rear part of a bar, F, the project ing forward end of which rests upon an annular plate, G, attached to the truck-frame H. The bar F thus serves as a reach, and is connected with the annular plate G by two hooks or keepers, I, attached to the said bar (No model.)

F, and which are bent to pass around the outer edge and overlap the lower side of the forward and rear parts of the said annular plate G, forming a fifth-wheel. The bar F is further connected with the truck-frame H by a king-bolt, J, placed at the center of the aunular plate G. The truck-frame H is provided with an axle, K, and wheels L. To the forward ends of the central bars of the truck-frame H is hinged, by a bolt, M, the tongue N, to which the draft is applied in the ordinary manner.

To the center of the forward cross-bar E is attached the lower arm of a Ushaped spring, 0, to the upper arm of which is attached the drivers seat I.

With this construction all weight,'except the'weight of the tongue N, will be taken from the horses necks, and the rake A B O can be guided and controlled with as much ease and accuracy as when the draft is attached directly to the said rake.

To the forward ends of the hinged bars D are attached the ends of a curved bar, Q,

the center of which is widened, and is per- -forated to receive the pawl R, which slides in guides S, attached to the standard T, at tached to the center of the curved bail Q. The upper end of the pawl R is pivoted to the lower end of the short connectingrod U, the upper end of which is pivoted to the short arm of a small elbow-lever, V. The elbow-lever V is pivoted at its angle to the upper part of the standard '1, and its long arm is held outward, holding the pawl R pressed downward by a spring, W, attached to it and resting against the said standard T. The lower end of the pawl B, when the axle of the truck is parallel with the axle of the rake, enters a perforation in the catch -plate X, attached to the forward middle part of the truck-frame H, and makes the connection between the truck and rake rigid. When the rake is to be turned, the pawl R is withdrawn from the catch-plate X.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is 7 1. In a two-horse hay rake, the combination, with the rake AB 0 and the truck H K L, having a pivoted tongue, N, of the of the bail Q, the standard '1, the spring-1e reacli-frameD E F, the annular plate G, atver pawl R U'V W. and the catch-plate X,

tached to the truck frame, the books I, atsubstantially as herein shown and described,'

tached to the bar F of the reach-frame and i wherebythe connection between the truck and 5 engaging the annular plate, and the kingrake can be made rigid, as set forth.

bolt J. passing through the bar F and the ALEXANDER ANDERSON.

plate G, substantially as herein shown and de- ROBERT RUTHERFORD. scribed. \Vitnesses:

2. The combination, with the truck-frame AMos RITTENHoUsE,

10 H and the reach-fran1e D E F of a hay-rake, J AOOB H. WALRATH. 

